Redwing Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Pigs They arrive on Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkitty Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Woo hoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welovemarmite Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 ooooo i might have to come over and snaffle them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 How exciting Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 A little bird told me yesterday What breed/s are you having? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Oooo, Rosie will be sooo excited to see them at the BBQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Hopefully whole and not on the barbie What breed(s) are you getting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 What breed and age are you getting? How exciting! We breed Gloucestershire Old Spots, never a dull moment with pigs around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I like pigs even more than I like chickens... but I don't have room for them here. When we finally get round to following 'The Plan' I will have lots of chooks and pigs, but will have to harden my heart otherwise none of the will ever get eaten . My favourites are the Old Spots and Tamworths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Oooo Congrats! Our pig pen / paddock is being sorted at the moment. Fencing being secured & barbed being put at top & bottom. We will be getting bog standard Welsh pigs. Main reason for this is we were at the butchers some time back when some Mangalitzas & Gloucestershire old spots came in from the abbatoir. The butcher took one look & pulled a face. " Full of fat", he said. I'm no expert, but they really, really were terrible, especially the mangalitzas! I know that different feeds can contribute to this also, but have heard a few bad things about the ' curly pigs'. Good luck with them -enjoy! Don't name them whatever you do! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 They are Mangalitzas x Large Blacks The idea being that the Large Black takes away some of the fatty tendancies We have had some advice on the feeding that should make leaner meat too The male will go for sausages and the female for pork and they will go early so they dont lay on so much fat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 and they will go early so they dont lay on so much fat And that's the way to do it. The longer you keep them the more money you are spending on feed that will get cut off the carcass and put in the bin. The majority of people over feed their pigs and then are disapointed that when it comes to butchering there is too much fat, or when it comes to getting them in pig they can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Good planning Redwing! Definitely send them off as soon as they are ready. Good luck - can't wait to see piggie pics. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I was surprised how quickly a pig is ready for slaughter, isn't it about 22 weeks or something like that? Given it takes my LF orps longer than that to come into lay I had a quick thought about changing livestock There is a lot of rare breed piggery around here, but the best flavour I've come across are the Old Spots. Apparently my grandfather (Welsh) used to keep them about 60 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGirlsMum Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 You'll have great fun. We've had ours nearly 3 weeks now and they are fantastic. We've got Middle whites and should be leaving us in 7 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Make sure they're fed properly and do go off in time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Any pics of the piggies? Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 and when do we get to see PICTURES? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Ooooo, I've only just seen this Have you got them yet ? How exciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
